We offer several SSD Caching Kits available with different IOPS (In Outs Per Second), SSD can make storage operate up to 8x faster than the HDD-only solution, although actual performance may vary depending on your exact situation.

Which Version of Windows Storage Server Do I Need?

Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Workgroup

Up to 25 remote connections

Single processor socket

Up to 32GB memory

Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Standard

Unlimited remote connections

Up to 4 processor sockets

Up to 32GB memory

Network services

Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

Unlimited remote connections

Up to 8 processor sockets

Up to 2TB memory

Network services

Failover Clustering for higher availability

BranchCache for reduces WAN utlisation

Do I Need Battery Backup?

RAID controllers come with cache RAM for read and write caching. If you intend to use write caching to speed up operation, make sure you include a battery backup unit (BBU) for the cache RAM. Otherwise, you could lose data and corrupt the system in the event of a power failure (any data in the cache at time of power outage would be lost). If you do not select a battery - the Cache is disable as default (you can enable this in the options).

The Battery Backup Unit (BBU) will ensure that any data in the Cache RAM will stay in the RAM for upto 72 hours after power loss - and the Data will be flushed to the hard drives once power is restored - keeping all your data in tact.

Please add a Riser Card for PCI-Express Expansion

Due to the height of this server a PCI-Express card will not physically fit unless you use a riser card.

Please add a riser card to the configuration if you want to add a PCI-Express card.

Looking for an Open-E Active-Active Failover Cluster?

Configure an Open-E DSS powered Active-Active cluster solution and benefit from these advantages over a single unit:

Doubles your overall performance

Eliminates a Single Point of Failure

Self-Validation of the system!

What is Open-E Active-Active Failover

The Open-E DSS V7 Active-Active Failover Feature Pack allows you to simultaneously run volumes in the active mode on two nodes - providing high availability of data. In the event of a node failing, the other node takes over automatically whilst all application services continue ruinning without interruption.

We recomend AMD Radeon Pro for Professional Graphics Applications

Radeon™ Pro WX-Series Graphics

The new Radeon™ Pro WX-series of graphics solutions continues AMD’s efforts to address the demanding needs of workstation customers.

With demand for ever-more-intense visual experiences and the need for greater depth of scientific understanding, designers and creators – whether visual effects artists making movies, game developers creating the latest AAA titles, or astrophysicists exploring the origins of the universe -- they are all constantly facing challenges to overcome existing limitations. The new Radeon Pro WX-series graphics cards are optimized for open source software, undergo extensive ISV application certification testing, and are designed for professionals pushing the boundaries of science, technology and engineering.

Based on the Polaris architecture, Radeon Pro GPUs employ the latest advances in AMD’s 4th generation Graphics Core Next architecture, including uncompromising 4K video decode and encode support including HEVC1 and VP9, and next generation display support including DisplayPort 1.4-HDR2 and HDMI™ 2.0, all built utilizing a power efficient 14nm FinFET manufacturing process. Importantly, these professional graphics cards are fully compatible with open source software through GPUOpen. The combination of leading-edge hardware and software helps enable developers to break boundaries and achieve what had been thought to be impossible.

362304 Stream Processors

COMPUTE UNITS

5.73TFLOPS

PEAK SINGLE PRECISION COMPUTE PERFORMANCE

8GBGDDR5

MEMORY CONFIGURATION

256BIT

MEMORY BANDWIDTH

8GB STEC ZeusRAM SSD 3.5" 6Gb/s 100,000 IOPS

ZeusRAM Enterprise Class SSD

ZeusRAM is an enterprise-class, power-safe and flash-backed DDR3 RAM drive that is targeted for high write transactional environments requiring fast write commit capabilities to speed up end user application throughput of NAS and unified storage appliances. During the warranted life of the product, enterprise applications can write to ZeusRAM at extremely high speeds, 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, year after year and the drive will not wear out — even under the most write-intensive workloads.

STEC’s PowerSafe technology provides critical data protection with instant data backup and recovery in the event of power interruption. ZeusRAM has the additional advantage of being hot-pluggable, so SSDs can be swapped in and out without system downtime.